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The time is here to place yellow jacket traps out in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/10/2020 - 6:57pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It still isn't too late to prevent pesky yellow jacket interruptions of July and August picnics and outside dinners in Lake Tahoe. Now is the time to prepare by placing traps for the queens as they start to emerge from their winter hibernation.
The queens are the only bee colony member to hibernate in the winter. She emerges in spring and begins to look for a suitable place to build a nest and begin her new colony. By the end of summer one colony can have 4,000 to 5,000 yellow jackets.
Letter: Fire, safety, noise and trash concerns remain with SnowGlobe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/07/2020 - 4:45pm
Welcome to the ninth year summary of the SnowGlobe Music Festival. This is the first year the TRPA has done any monitoring and the event continues to violate TRPA’s pre-existing rules. We can add air pollution to the list of accomplishments for this event given the recent successful lawsuit by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH). Onsite inspections for building and fire continue to find violations (they have had violations every year) and the fireworks were moved to an open undeveloped area in the forest of Bijou Park this year.
The buzz about yellowjacket season in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 7:41pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Yellowjackets - they seem to appear whenever you sit down for your picnic lunch or other outside dining enjoyment in Lake Tahoe, especially in the months of July and August.
While the uninvited guests have some redeeming qualities they are predatory, sting pets and humans and are capable of stinging multiple times. Their aggressive behavior ruins many the outside activity. Yellowjackets are actually wasps but shouldn't be confused with other wasps, such as hornets and paper wasps. They are often mistakenly called "bees" (as in "meat bees").
Letter: Agencies alert public on what they're doing to alleviate traffic leaving South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 02/02/2019 - 1:03am
The following is a letter created by the four agencies currently working together to try and find a solution to the traffic problem in Meyers as visitors exit Lake Tahoe after a weekend. A public meeting was held on Friday night and that story will be carried on Saturday.
Search called off for person reported missing in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 6:24pm
11:00 a.m. update 9/11/18 - Douglas County Sheriff's Office is reporting that two men went into the water and that one, a man in his 30s, has not been found at this time. The other man was transported to the hospital.
On Monday, underwater drones and K9s were used in the water along with law enforcement boats to aid in the search.
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LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Multiple agencies spent Sunday night and most of Monday searching for a person who reportedly jumped off a boat near Nevada Beach.
Report: Lake Tahoe is getting warmer, trees are dying and algae is increasing
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 6:47pm
Climate change has brought major changes to Lake Tahoe including warmer water, an increase in dying trees and a reducing summertime lake clarity.
These and other findings were released today in the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report for 2016. The year was marked by the hottest temperatures on record followed by a winter of unprecedented levels of rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada.
TERC Director Geoffrey Schladow presented the report at a free public talk July 27 in Incline Village.
Search continues for missing kayaker on Lake Tahoe's West Shore
Submitted by paula on Mon, 06/12/2017 - 4:26pm
The search continues for Dan Pham, the Bay Area man who went missing on Thursday, June 8 after embarking on a kayak trip from Lester Beach towards Emerald Bay. The search was suspended for two days due to bad weather but boats were back on the lake Monday to search for Pham.
Man who brought kidnapped woman to South Lake Tahoe spending 40 years in prison
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 9:34pm
Matthew D. Muller, a 40-year-old disbarred lawyer from Orangevale who often spent time at his family cabin in the South Lake Tahoe area, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for the kidnapping Denise Hoskins at the Vallejo home she shared with her boyfriend on March 23, 2015.
Drone goes underwater to explore the sunken SS Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 11:25pmA vast, largely unexplored world is being opened by hobbyists piloting robotic submarines capable of traveling hundreds of feet below the surface of lakes, rivers and oceans.
Styling themselves as citizen scientists, two young engineers, Eric Stackpole and David Lang, have created OpenROV, a small start-up based in Berkeley, Calif., that builds submarine drone kits. They hope to create a mirror image of the airborne drone craze.
Time running out to comply with federal law to register drones
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/17/2016 - 9:47pm
If you own a drone weighing more than 0.55 lbs. but less than 55 lbs., and you’ve been flying it outdoors or plan to fly it outdoors for hobby or recreation, federal law requires you to register by this Friday, February 19, 2016. More information is available online at http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/
New app helps drones users with regulations and restrictions
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/14/2016 - 10:07am
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a smartphone app that will help owners of unmanned aircraft systems (a.k.a. drones) with current or upcoming requirements and restrictions.
The B4UFLY app is now available for Apple devices and can be found in the App Store. Now, with just two taps of the phone, users know if it is safe to fly at their current location.
Road to SnowGlobe: Three days of music for concertgoers and neighbors
Submitted by paula on Sun, 12/27/2015 - 7:11pm
Thousands of music fans will descend upon South Lake Tahoe this week for what has become the most popular outdoor winter music festivals in the country.
Thousands of people will be on hand December 27 through 31 to experience what is being billed as a fusion between music festival, winter expedition and New Year's Eve celebration.
Also promised is cold, with night time temperatures in the low teens. Appropriate clothing and outerwear is strongly encouraged.
For the list of artists each day, see the photos in this story.
Tuesday's show runs from 2:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
New drone regulations for Lake Tahoe and the US
Submitted by paula on Mon, 12/14/2015 - 10:11pm
Now that the gift giving season is upon us, many people may have model airplanes, drones or quadcopters on their wish list. There are some new rules in place that all users of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) need to know.
The Federal Aviation Administration today that all UAS units weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must be registered by February 19th, 2016.
Six ways Burning Man will be different this year
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 9:47pm
Burning Man is always changing, and this year is no exception.
Some of this year's changes are pretty major, however, and have both attracted applause and criticism from invested Burners and other groups who are tied in some way to Burning Man.
Since last year's Burn, here are some of the changes in how the event operates:
1. No for-fun drones
Firefighters could destroy drones at fires in proposed legislation
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:54pm
Responding to continued drone interference in fighting wildfires, Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today announced plans to introduce legislation to help protect emergency responders engaged in their life-saving work. Senate Bill 168, co-authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale), grants immunity to any emergency responder who damages an unmanned aircraft in the course of firefighting, air ambulance, or search-and-rescue operations.
Drones disrupting fire fighting efforts
Submitted by paula on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 12:00am
Twice in the last week, people flying drones disrupted wildfire operations in Southern California, causing federal, state and local wildfire managers to come out with a warning to the public, "Do not fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within or near wildfires."
Cloud Seeding Drone May Soon Help Get More Snow to the Sierra Nevada
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 8:20pm
Cloud seeding drones may soon be used to help get more punch out of Sierra storms. The unmanned aircrafts could provide significant benefits by getting more snow on the slopes and boosting water supply.
Jeff Tilley of Reno’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) unveiled one of three drones in the country at Thursday’s Operation Sierra Storm held in South Lake Tahoe. The drone will soon be tested to seed clouds in order to get more moisture out of storms to help in times of drought.
Police sketches past time of South Shore Lake Tahoe firefighter
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 03/24/2013 - 12:55amIn a world of aerial drones, stun guns and surveillance cameras, an electric eraser doesn’t seem like much of a crime-fighting tool.
For Leona Allen, a spokeswoman for Lake Valley Fire Protection District and certified composite sketch artist, the handheld device is a cherished part of a crime-fighting kit that includes pencils, a blending stump and a sketch pad.
Go here to read the full story.
Drones document footage of athletes on the edge
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 6:00amCorey Rich is a storyteller. The photographer and videographer has traveled the world to capture images of athletes on the edge with his South Lake Tahoe-based company, Corey Rich Productions.An...
Drones document footage of athletes on the edge
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 6:00amCorey Rich is a storyteller. The photographer and videographer has traveled the world to capture images of athletes on the edge with his South Lake Tahoe-based company, Corey Rich Productions.An...
